Musics that aid and/or boost weight-lifting potential

I once heard of a genre called weightliftercore. But the only mention of it I could find with Google is this:

KILLING TIME "Happy Hour" LP B lk13-12 Hard-assed NYHC i.e. "weight-lifter-core"; this is the... $9.00

It's from this site:

http://members.aye.net/~dattempt/DAmailordercat.html

Nothing remotely King Crimson on there, though.

ha, i wish i had something that would boost my weight-lifting potential! doesn't work like that for me though. different moods call for different music, including when i'm at the gym.

AC/DC-Powerage.

Guaran-fucking-teed.

depeche mode: never let me down again (split mix). came on unexpectedly just as i was beginning bicep curls. nearly threw the fucking weights over my shoulder. pump/wham/pump/wham, for TEN GLORIOUS MINUTES.

my (admittedly wonderfully weird) pal the boyner -- who is absolutely fucking nails -- swears blind that humming the imperial death march to himself increases his crunch potential vastly.

Starship Trooper by Yes from the triple live LP, Yessongs.

That's the best version of that song that I've heard.

Indubitably!

I'd suggest Helmet

Starship Trooper by Yes from the triple live LP, Yessongs.

-- Gorge, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 09:27 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link

I am not feeling it.

This morning I did PWEI's TITD/TITH/TITS and it's orright, if you skip Inject Me.

Joe Esposito - You're the Best

swans - filth
motorhead - ace of spades
any gabber

Even though I have no experience in weightlifting, Killing Joke's "Love like Blood" always pumps me up.

Meshuggah's "Future Breed Machine" is pretty much my theme song at the gym.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OXow6LfTL._AA280_.jpg

funny, i've always meant to try NE in the gym.

XTC - The Big Express
Futureheads - Futureheads
Def FX - Majick

There was a whole weightliftcore scene around my college town! My band played with them a couple times. One band had a guy that actually did weights next to them while they played, and there was this 400 lb sweaty dude in the audience moshing with his shirt off--nearly crushed/drowned my friend. Was really hoping this would turn into a national trend, but sadly it never took off. One of the bands was called Roid Rage, I think.

futureheads s/t otm

Gold's Gym seems to think it's The Killers. The Killers every hour. Sometime different Killers songs. Sometimes not different Killers songs. Sometimes TWO Killers songs an hour. Hope you love The Killers. Hope you're coco crazy gaga for The Killers. The Killers. The Killers are on again.

The Killers

i could see the killers working, especially the first album. the tighter the gym shorts, the better.

pump up the jam

this is blowin my mind:
There was a whole weightliftcore scene around my college town! My band played with them a couple times. One band had a guy that actually did weights next to them while they played, and there was this 400 lb sweaty dude in the audience moshing with his shirt off--nearly crushed/drowned my friend. Was really hoping this would turn into a national trend, but sadly it never took off. One of the bands was called Roid Rage, I think.

― adamj, Wednesday, February 6, 2008 2:45 AM (1 year ago)

Working in a Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey.

cutty, could you see The Killers working EVERY HOUR? May I suggest The Killers for your workout? What about The Killers? What of The Killers? How 'bout some Killers.

The Killers

this one gym I used to go to would always be playing kiss from a rose when I was benching for some reason

Still, THE ABSOLUTE WORST song I've ever worked out to was a 7-minute-plus-change live (?) Pink Floyd (??) song around, oh, 70 BPM (???????). What sadist programs these things????

thought there would be metal all over this thread, tbh

I'd suggest Helmet

― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, January 8, 2008 11:35 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark

in the same vein, the jesus lizard

I could really use some of these recommendations. I've been going to my university's gym for six months now and they're always playing Rammstein and Metallica's black album. I need to give them something new to play there.
I've been testing several songs on my ipod while I'm running. I will start making playlists to post them here.

fuck buttons is great on the bike

I like angry punk shit like Pissed Jeans, Germs, Reatard. Oneida also works pretty well.

I'm talking cardio, I don't lift much.

cardio is a different beast for music but there is some overlap in what works

yes, it's understandable.

kool g rap for weights

ANDREW WK, seriously

"Angry Indie" for me, e.g.:

• Wolf Parade, You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son
• TV On The Radio, Wolf Like Me
• The Replacements, Unsatisfied
• The Walkmen, The Rat
• Radiohead, There There
• Low, Murderer
• Drive-By Truckers, Sinkhole

3-6 Mafia "tear the club up" for lifting. The gym is a club.

unsane are undeniably effective in a hefting context.

I listen to the Stooges a lot while lifting weights, but I think they're more effective for stalking around breathing through my nose between sets than they are for the weightlifting itself.